Latch



A ril,21,1942. V SSEGALI 2,280,084

LATCH Filed Feb. 26, 1940 ATTORNEY i Fig. 2.

Patented Apr. 21, 1942 S TATEfSfJi PATENTS. orrteirczs i l l 1.. 'i ,280,084 i 7 t t LATCH U SamuelwSegal.sBrooklym'NJYJ q application February '26, 1940;; Serial No2320,9582i g This inventionris rattan;

The object ofthe invention tolprovide 'a i 1. .EaseIofasseinblf] j 4 2. .Lsslcost tofmariufacture' novel .and improved. latch having .a simplified structural.organiiationpermitting: H g

3. Tlieutiliz'ation ojfffa 'multi .wiriged and re? and 4. The employment. of a guard having detent means to allow the bolt to be snapped into a guide bearing running lengthwise of the guard,

the detent means further serving to prevent transverse displacement of the bolt relative to the guide bearing and also constituting guide means to facilitate slidable displacement of the I bolt longitudinally of the guard.

Further objects, advantages, and functional and structural features of the invention will appearirom the teachings of the followingdetailed disclosure considered in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the latch according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is afront elevation thereof, partly in section. 2

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3--3 of .line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the guard. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the multi winged manipulator or clip, and

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the slidably guided bolt.

The latch l0 comprises: i. Guard H i '2. Keeper I 3. Bolt l3, and i 4. The multi winged strap or manipulator M. The guard I I is a one piece metal member and has:

1. The curved bearing l5 coextensive with the length thereof a l 2.Thee1ongated slot l6 interrupted by the aligned lower cutaway portions I6 and the aligned notches I! in the upper Wall of slot' l6 and the lower wall of the cutaway portions 16',

the latter with the lower wall of slot l6 forming stop shoulders ll.

3. Detents or projections l8 struck out of the 1 L3 .YZiClitihisne. (o1. zezu sisa el i upper .andylowertside .lportidns 1.9 f or the" bearing. I 5 and. extending inwardly; .of tlieIlbearinglor opening. 20. whichiis in.comniunicationiwitli Slot L IS and notchesll,"and I 4. The wingsszliwhich. are integral withcurvedi bearing [5."

Thbolt'l3'ha's: .1. The elongated cylindricaLshank as shown provided witlrnotch or groove.22'defining5 x 2. '{Ihireduced .portion: 23;. and the spaced shouldersjflf I The-manipulator. M "isin*'th'e "form *of Ta 3U- shaped sheet metal clipor'resilient' strap liaving':

.l. The. socket or eye 25 mergin Withth'erietaining lips 26 which in turn mergewith the outwardly diverging and spaced wings 21 having the outwardly struck curved manipulating portions 28.

The keeper I2 is of the conventional type and is provided with:

1. Wings 29 and 2. The integrally merged bolt retaining means" Inthe matter of assembly, the bolt is first located on the clip H.

To this end, the reduced portion 23 is positioned into the gap between wings 21, and onto stop lips 26 which are spaced apart a distance less than the diameter of the reduced portion 23.

Thereafter socket 25 is forced towards the reduced portion 23.

This action causes lips 26 to diverge and snap over the reduced portion 23 and the inherent .re-

siliency of the loop 3| of the socket automatically retracts the lips thus preventing transverse displacement of the clip relative to the bolt.

The width of the clip is commensurate with the length of the groove 22 and thus shoulders 24 straddle or interlock with the sides of the loop and hence displacement of th clip longitudinally of the bolt is prevented.

With the loop and bolt assembledas described, manipulating portions 28 of the wings 21 are grasped and moved towards each other and l threaded through one of the larger openings defined by a pair of aligned notches ll interrupting slot I6.

It follows that the bolt is positioned longitudinally of the guard and to more positively locate the bolt however within the bearing 15 of the guard the bolt is snapped by the projections or detents l8, which slidably confine the bolt within the bearing.

Immediately after the bolt has snapped by the detents l8, the resiliency of the eye 25 causes wings 26 automatically to diverge outwardly and in such relation, lower portion 32 thereof can be moved to snap into one of the retaining cutaway openings l6 and against its stop shoulder ll. Thus the bolt is locked against longitudinal displacement although horizontal shoulders 33 limit the outward divergence of the wings 21. As shown in Fig. 1, the bolt is latched within the socket 30 of the keeper. In this relation the normally diverged wings 21 may be grasped and i moved towards each other, thus portion 32 of the lower wing 21 is moved out of the right hand cutaway portion l6' and out of the path of the shoulder I'I thereof. Hence the bolt may be slidably displaced to the left or out of the keeper.

It follows that the bolt of the latch is unlocked and the bolt may be retained in such relation by shifting the same so that the clip reaches the left hand cutaway portion I6 after which manua1 pressure is removed, and the portion 32 of the lower wing automatically interlocks with the left hand shoulder I'I. It is thus apparent that with the present invention, the guard hasmeans to disengageably interlock with a manipulating wing of the resilient and flexible clip or strap to retain the bolt in either a locked or unlocked relation. v

While. the invention has been specifically described in detail, it is 'to be understood that it is not limited to specific details described but it is capable of other adaptations and modifications within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination, a guardv having a bearing including a slot and spaced cutaway portions interrupting said slot, a bolt slidably guided by said bearing longitudinally of said guard, spaced detent means integral with and struck out of said guard adjacent said bearing to prevent displacement of said bolt transversely of said uard, a U-shaped manipulator interlocking with said bolt and havin spaced wings disposed forwardly of said bearing and adapted to be arranged at least in part in one of said cutaway portions to prevent displacement of said bolt longitudinally of said guard and adapted upon manual pressure to be moved towards each other to be clear of said last mentioned cutaway portion to be projected into said slot and movable therealong un til in alinement with another of said cutaway portions, and means upon removal of said pressur for automatically diverging said arms to permit at least a part of the latter to cooperate with said last mentioned cutaway portion to prevent longitudinal displacement of said bolt relative to said guard. I

2. In combinatioma' guard having a bearing, a bolt slidably guided by said bearing longitudinally of said guard and comprising spaced shoulders and a reduced portion,.spaced detent means integral with and struck out of said guard adjacent said bearing to prevent displacement of said bolt transversely of said guard, and a U- shaped strap having a socket straddling said re.-

duced portion and straddled by said shoulders to' prevent displacement of said strap longitudinally of said bolt. 1

. SAMUEL SEGAL. 

